The Research Desk

For anyone with a question that needs digging.

One signal · 9 specialists · one result

Does the work3
Supervises other agents1
Keeps knowledge5

How the work moves

Five steps, each done by one specialist

Starts with

A question that needs digging

First

1Reads the files and references that bear on itReference Researcher 2Harvests the documentation sites on the topicDocumentation Site Harvester 3Visits pages a signed-in browser can reachBrowser Research Assistant

Then

Ends with

A structured summary with sources, or a full document

the signalthe resultEach step is done by one specialist on the crew

The story

The agent reads the relevant files, harvests the documentation sites and visits the pages a signed-in browser can reach. It recalls related work the team did before. The answer comes back as a structured summary with its sources, and as a document when the question was large.

The crew

The specialists behind this role, grouped by the kind of work they do.

Keeps knowledge

Reference ResearcherBefore anyone writes code, finds how the specification, the vendor manual, a library's source or a documentation website handles the problem, and returns cited sections with page numbers or file paths.Also serves The Sales Engineer, The Code Guide
Technical Document LibrarianTakes in PDFs, Markdown and HTML documents, rebuilds their chapter and heading structure with page ranges, and writes a summary, keywords and a quality check for every section.Also serves The Company Librarian
Technical Due-diligence ResearcherIt surveys a large codebase without changing it and writes structured findings, a source list, open questions and an area report for each part of the estate.Also serves The Due-Diligence Analyst
Third-Party Integration ResearcherReads the outside platform's documentation and development-kit source, compares it with the current code and writes down the facts the developers will build on.Also serves The Integration Engineer
Documentation Site HarvesterCrawls a documentation website inside set domain and path boundaries, cleans each page into readable text, splits it into sections, writes a summary, keywords and a quality score for each section, and makes the whole site searchable.Also serves The Company Librarian, The Integration Engineer, The Migration Planner

Does the work

Research AssistantFinds and reads the relevant files and web pages, searches them, recalls related past work and returns a structured summary.Also serves The Planning Room
Browser Research AssistantIt does approved research in a real signed-in browser, reading and collecting the pages it is asked for.
Document Writer and EditorDrafts a plan, checklist or report in the team chat, revises it when asked, keeps every earlier version, and retires documents that are out of date.Also serves The Chief of Staff, The Digital Employee, The Presenter

Supervises other agents

Feasibility Study CoordinatorIt chairs a panel, sends temporary investigators off on side questions, reconciles what they bring back, writes up the questions that need the owner's answer, and drafts a synthesis for the panel to vote on.Also serves The Advisory Board

Where this crew also works

Each bar counts the specialists this role shares with another.

The engineering behind this role

Memory and code intelligence for agentsCapability All capabilitiesThe engineering, by what it does